Blanchett and Upton Extend Term of Sydney Job

In a decision that may have implications for both Hollywood and Broadway, the Australian actress Cate Blanchett and her husband, Andrew Upton, right, have announced that they will extend their term as joint artistic directors of the Sydney Theater Company until 2013. Ms. Blanchett and Mr. Upton , the Australian playwright, screenwriter and director, took on that position for a three-year term that began in 2008, and they have enlisted Oscar winners like Steven Soderbergh and Philip Seymour Hoffman in company productions. “We hope more and more people, especially those in Sydney, will find their way to the company and join us on this incredible ride,” the couple said in a statement on Friday, according to The Australian. It was not immediately clear what impact their decision would have on efforts to bring to Broadway the recent production of Tennessee Williams’s “Streetcar Named Desire” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music starring Ms. Blanchett and directed by Liv Ullmann.

A version of this brief appears in print on January 2, 2010, on Page C2 of the New York edition with the headline: Blanchett And Upton Extend Term of Sydney Job. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe